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What is this?!

iammrssweeneyiammrssweeney Posts: 5
in Problem solving
i recently moved into a new house and the lawn is covered with these sprouting shoots.  When I dig them up they have thick fibrosis roots shooting out all under the lawn.  Does anyone know what they are? Thanks in advance! 

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  • daffygardenerdaffygardener Posts: 109
    It looks like a seedling from a shrub that started to grow in your lawn If the stem feels still and woody it’s more likely 
  • BobTheGardenerBobTheGardener Posts: 11,385
    Those look like suckers coming up from a tree or shrub root underneath your lawn.  Any cherry trees nearby as those are the usual culprits?  Physically pulling them up so they tear from the main root rather than cutting them off lessens the chance of them returning.
    A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    edited June 2019
    I agree with @BobTheGardener prunus (cherry or plum sort of tree) suckers from the roots of a larger tree nearabouts. 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • iammrssweeneyiammrssweeney Posts: 5
    Yes there is a cherry tree in the garden! Thanks so much! I’ll continue to pull the roots up as much as possible then :-)
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